Allan Wanga in El Merreikh squad for Cecafa
PHOTO | CHRIS OMOLLO Harambee Stars forward Allan Wanga (left) dribbles past Burundi's Kiza Fataki during their friendly match played on July 14, 2014, at Nyayo Stadium. Wanga hopes to win his first regional club title with El Merreikh after he was named in the 20-man squad for the Cecafa Kagame Club championships in Kigali between August 8 and 24.
What you need to know:
- It will be the first time Wanga is playing in the championship and his ambition is to add a regional club medal to the national title he won with the Harambee Stars last year when he captained the national team to lifting the Senior Challenge Cup.
- Gor Mahia coach Bobby Williamson must face traditional rivals AFC Leopards on Sunday before a midweek clash with Ulinzi Stars.
Kenyan international Allan Wanga hopes to win his first regional club title with El Merreikh after he was named in the 20-man squad for the Cecafa Kagame Club championships in Kigali between August 8 and 24.
It will be the first time Wanga is playing in the championship and his ambition is to add a regional club medal to the national title he won with the Harambee Stars last year when he captained the national team to lifting the Senior Challenge Cup.
“I am excited to be in the team. I want to give my best to help my team to lift the title. It will be very fulfilling if we win because it will add to the medal I already have with the national team,” Wanga said.
Wanga, who moved to the Khartoum side from Kenyan Premier League giants AFC Leopards a few weeks ago, has already scored for his new club in the Sudanese league.
El Merreikh will consist of four other foreign players including Ugandan teenager Salim Omar Magoola, Malian forward Mohamed Traore, Serge Pascal Wawa of Cote d’Ivoire. The other foreigner in the team is veteran Egyptian Ayman Said Mohammed Ali.
El Mereikh has won regional title twice – in 1986 and 1994.
TRADITIONAL RIVALS
In Nairobi, Gor Mahia coach Bobby Williamson must face traditional rivals AFC Leopards on Sunday before a midweek clash with Ulinzi Stars.
“My focus is on the two league matches then I can think of Cecafa Club Championships,” Williamson said.
“We hope not to pick unnecessary injuries in the two matches. I want to go to Cecafa tournament with a strong squad,” he added.
Gor Mahia has been drawn in Group B against Rwanda soldiers APR, Kampala City Council (KCCA) of Uganda, Flambeau De l’Est of Burundi and Telecom from Djibouti.
El Merreikh are in Group C with defending champions Vital'O from Burundi, Police of Rwanda and Somali’s Benadir while Group A has Rayon Sports of Rwanda, Young Africans of Tanzania, Coffee of Ethiopia, Atlabara of South Sudan and KMKM of Zanzibar.
This story first appeared on SportOn!
